Pen Argyl Council Having Difficulty Filling Board Seat

February 06, 1986|by PAUL MAY, The Morning Call

Pen Argyl Borough Council is having difficulty filling the council vacancy in the 4th Ward caused by the resignation of Claude Miller in December.

Council decided Tuesday to give the borough's Vacancy Board 15 days to see if it can get a person in the 4th Ward to serve on council. People interested in filling the vacancy are asked to contact Borough Secretary Dolores Savitz.

Borough President Robert Miller announced the following council committee appointments: sanitationcommittee - Michael Cali, chairman, and John Santo and Arlington Frutchey; park and recreation - Regina Tanzella, chairman, John Reinhart and Susan Sisolak, and street maintenance - Frutchey, chairman, Reinhart and Cali.

On request of Mayor Carlton Strunk, council decided that police are to ticket cars violating street meter parking regulations Monday through Saturday.

Newly elected Lookout Fire Co. officers approved by council are Mark Cotter, fire chief, Barry Vogt, assistant chief, James Davey, foreman, and Robert Weber, assistant foreman. The four officers were appointed to the Bureau of Fire Prevention for 1986.

An ordinance was adopted eliminating contributions by participants in the Police Pension Fund for 1986. Solicitor Ronald Shipman announced that Barry Yocum, a former patrolman, was found not eligible for unemployment compensation. Yocum has until Feb. 14 to appeal the ruling.

Benny Manasseri, president of the Green and White Association, requested a donation from council for the association's athletic program. A letter was also received seeking a donation for the Weona Park Pals' summer recreation program.

Council explained to Manasseri that, under the law, council is only able to make $750 a year in donations. Council has already donated $250 toward the purchase of software for a new computer system for the tax collector and $100 to the Slate Belt Historical Association, council said.

New officers elected by the borough's planning commission areConrad Richebacher, president; Craig Reduzzi, vice president; John Dally Jr., secretary, and Robert Tinney, treasurer.

Councilwoman Regina Tanzella announced that Weona Park will open its 1986 season with "free day" on June 8. Oil bids will be opened at the March 4 meeting.